Dope sick by Walter Dean Myers is a book about a teenage boy who makes a bad mistake one day in life and wants to go back that 24 hours to make things right.
I deeply liked how this book felt so realistic because it made you feel like you had done the mistake and you felt like Kelly was talking to you and you were going crazy. I also liked how Kelly talked to Lil J about the situation calmly instead of being intense and making it seem like Lil J was a serial killer on the loose , even though he did shoot a cop but he didn't realize until he calmed down.
Another thing I enjoyed about reading this book is that Kelly would seem like a therapist and isn't scared to look in the eyes of a suspect. I found Kelly's "therapy" very good for Lil J because it made him think about what he would do if he could go back and change the situation so he didn't make the mistake again. I think if Lil J got in another dangerous situation he would maybe get flashbacks of when he was speaking his mind and listening to Kelly.
Lastly on behalf off the author Walter Dean Myers , I liked how he overall shaped this story. He used powerful sentences made with strong verbs to make the book very intense and heart beating. I admit that this book would become scary at sometimes and cause me from not reading it at night just because of some of the descriptions. I still read it anyways and i',m glad I did because it changed the way I look somethings including my past mistakes.
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